Sunshine Stars’ Coach, Kayode Julius gets one year ban over violent assault on player

The Head Coach of Sunshine Stars Football Club, Kayode Julius has been banned by the League Management Company, LMC, from participating in all activities of the Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL.

The ban was announced on the LMC’s verified official twitter handle.

Julius, who was handed a one year ban from match venues and footballing activities, had during the during the rescheduled week two NPFL match between Sunshine Stars of Akure and Lobi Stars of Makurdi, violently assaulted the goalkeeper of the visiting team, Ospino at the Akure Township Stadium.

The match, which was played on the 11th of April, was almost disrupted due to the unprofessional conduct of the Head Coach of Sunshine Stars, Kayode Julius as it prevent the keepers from participating in the game.

The match was delayed for 15 minutes before kickoff following the protest by players and official of Lobi Stars.

According to the official twitter handle of the NPFL, “Kayode Julius, a coach with Sunshine Stars has been charged for breach of Code of Conduct (appendix E) of the NPFL Framework and Rules in the course of the rescheduled MatchDay 2 fixture between his club and Lobi Stars.

The tweets futher read, “Kayode was charged for violent assault on a player of Lobi Stars, thereby failing to set positive example for players and supporters.

“The LMC has consequently suspended Kayode Julius from all NPFL match venues and activities for one year.”

Meanwhile, Coach Julius and the management of Sunshine Stars are yet to react to the suspension.